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The Glenwood wrestling team placed fourth at the Dan Hill Invitational in Harlan on Saturday.
Logan-Magnolia was the team champion with 285 points. Urbandale was second with 177.5 and Gretna, Neb. was close behind with 177 points.
Glenwood advanced four wrestlers to the finals on Saturday with three earning individual titles.

A Glenwood resident has been given 60 days to reduce the number of cats residing and congregating on her property.
Deborah Wilcoxson, 205 First Street, came before the city council last Tuesday to address a nuisance abatement notice she had received from the city concerning animals at her residence.

HASTINGS - The Malvern and Nishna Valley School Boards held a pair of public forums on Monday to discuss the two districts’ proposed reorganization which will be put to a public vote Dec. 7.

The two meetings, which ran consecutively Monday in Nishna Valley’s Library and East Mills High School’s Library, were arranged to provide an opportunity for the district’s patrons to ask questions, share thoughts and discuss the process of reorganization.

Luke Schafer and Nate Meier were both unanimous first team offensive and defensive selections on the 2010 Eight-Man District 8 Football Team released last week.
Schafer, a junior, was tabbed as the first team quarterback after leading the district with just over 2,400 yards and 37 touchdowns passing. Schafer added 611 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground. On defense, Schafer had 98 tackles and picked off four passes.

A 10-year Glenwood Community School District employee resigned from her teaching position last month, citing injuries relating to an incident that occurred on the job last February.
Janene K. Owens, a special education teacher in Glenwood since 2000, submitted her letter of resignation to the Glenwood Board of Directors on Oct. 5, 2010, and it was accepted by the board on Oct. 11.

Entering its quarterfinal football game against Glidden-Ralston in the Eight-Man playoffs on Friday, Fremont-Mills’ Joey Carlson had caught eight passes this season.

On Friday, the senior tight end made just one catch. But none have ever been bigger for the Knights as Carlson’s 8-yard grab on the third play of overtime that lifted Fremont-Mills to a 20-14 victory.
The win puts the Knights into Thursday’s semifinal against Armstrong-Ringsted (12-0).